Slicer



July 2, 1929. w. MOLL 117191118 SLICER Filed July 2, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 33 his 61% July 2, 1929. w. E. MOLL 1.719.018

SLIGER Filed July 2, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 anvwto'c M [mLZ L [10 Z! Patented July 2, 19239..

UNITE STATES WILLIAM EXVALD MOLL, OF UNION CITY, JERSEY.

SLICER.

Application filed July 2, 1928.

This invention relates to improvements in slicers, particularly to slicers tor rolls in the preparation oi llrankturter sandwicl'ies, and it is the principal objectof my invention to provide a slicer adapted to feed the rolls through the machine and subject the same to the slicing operation in approximately the center of the rolls in the direction of their longitudinal axis and allowing an adjustment of the feeding device as well as of the depth. of the out according to the ot a roll. 1

Another object of my invention the provision of a roll slicer oit comparatively simple and ineiqiensive construction, yet durable and etlicieut in its operation.

A further object of my invention the provision oi a slicer of this type equipped with a rotary turn-table having upper angnlarly disposed radially upstanding ribs, and a lower depending flange provided withinner teeth adapted to be engaged by a gear of a train of gears allowing a regulation of the speed of operation by suitable selection of the soars.

A still further obj ect of my invention is the provision oi a slicer of this character having adjustable gage plates and a slicer which can readily be attached to any support and re moved therefrom.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known.

as the description thereo't proceeds, and will then be specifically defined in the appended claims.

in the ttCtlOll'lpitllylllg drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a slicer constructed according; to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the cover partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof in section on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

F t is a top plan view seen in the direc tion oi arrows it-41 of Figure 3.

As illustrated the preferred form oi" construction includes a supporting bracket 10 having an upper substantially horizontally disposed arm 11, and near its lower end a clamping i -ace 12 against which a plate 13 at the upper end of a screw 1% operates passing through a perforated lower arm 15 of bracket 10. and equipped with a hand wheel 16, so

that the slicer can be securely clamped to a table or other support. the edge of which enters the recess formed in bracket 10.

Serial No. 289,806.

This bracket has also torn'ied intern'iediate its ends a bearing 18 for a shaft 19 projecting in front of said bearing and adapted to carry a handwheel 20. The inner end of shaft 19 carries a bevel gear 20 in mesh with a bevel gear 20 angular-1y disposed thereto and am ranged at the lower end of a vertical shaft 22 extending through bracket arm 11 and carrying thereupon a gear 23in mesh with an intermediate gear 24; which in turn meshes with a gear 25, both gears being mounted on stub jonrnalled in arm 11. The gear 25 n'ieshes with the inner toothed ril'n 26 of the depend in a flange of a plate hcl d by a bush-- inn 2'8 on shaft 22, and revolving); in a circular opening of a supporting; plate 29. The upper :tace of plate 27 is priwidod with a plurality of radial, upstanding ribs 30 arranged at an inclination or angle towards the center of: the plate.

The bushing 28 carries a circular knife blade 31 revolving with shaft 22 and held in place by meansof a nut 32 or the like.

The supporting plate 27 is provided in its laterally extending arms with a plurality of pairwise arranged elongated slots 33, 3 1 allowing the passage from below of screws 35, 36 respectively which carry each at their lower ends thumb screws 37 and wing nuts 38 respectively.

A :tront rage bar 09 having a median elongated slot 40 therein allowing the passage of: the knife 31 lntvinelower 't'oot flanges 4-1 provided with recesses tor the engagement by screws 35. The rear page bar 42 also has recessed foot flanges 411:3 termed thereintor the reception of the screws 2-56, passing the slots 34-.

At its upper end the rear gage bar 12 carries a pair of eyes 44. for the reception of pins 45 of a cover plate 46 which in this manner is hingedly connected to rear gage plate 39. The front end of cover 4-6 when closed rests on a support 4-7 ada 'ited to be equipped with a suitable locking]; device.

A roller-shaped weight 18 having a cor rugated periphery is rotatably mounted on a pin 49 projecting from the side oi an arm 50 pivoted at one 01 its ends, as at 51, to the rear face of rear gage 39 and normally held against the same in its lmverinost position by means of a spring the upper end of which is attached to a pin 53 on arm 50, while its lower end. is attached to a pin 54-.

The operation of my device will be entirely clear from the above description of the same by simultaneous inspection of the drawing, and it will be understood that the device may be readily clamped to a table or other support by the proper operation of the hand wheel 16. The rolls are fed to the knife from the left hand side through a channel between the gages 39 and 42, while the pressure or weighted roller 18 will press the rolls against the upstanding radial flanges of circular plate27 in the table 29. During the rapid rotation of shaft 19 by means of the hand wheel 20 the rolls will be fed from. left to right, and the knife 31 will slice the rolls in the center of their longitudinal axis, and the rolls will be delivered at the right hand side of the machine.

- 'On account of the adjustability of the gages the machine can be adjusted to guide any size of rolls through the same,- while the weight eanbe adjusted to the proper height of the rolls.

The cover will protect the knife blade and the operator and if locked will prevent access to the interior mechanism by unauthorized persons. The rapidity of operation can be regulated by the proper selection of the gears constituting the train of gears.

It will further be understoodthat I have described and shown as an example of the many ways in which my slicer may be practically constructed, its preferred form only, and that I may make sueh'changes in the general arrangement and in the construction of the minor details thereof as come within the scope of the appended claims without departure from the spirit of my invention and the principles involved. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1. In a slicer of the character described a bracket adapted to be clamped to a support, a table on said bracket having a median opening and a plurality of longitudinal slots, 11 vertical shaft, manually operated means for rotating said shaft, a train of gears rotated by said shaft, a circular plate in the median opening of said table, a depending flange on said plate, teeth on the inner periphery of said flange adapted to be engaged by the teeth of one of said gears of said. train of gears to rotate said plate, a circular knife on said vertical shaft above said circular plate, a pair of vertical gages or guide plates, foot flanges therein, means passing through the elongated slots'of said table, for adjustably securing said foot flanges to said table, a movable feed roller on one of said gages co-operating with said circular plate during the rotation thereof to feed the rolls engaged hv said roller and said circular table through the machine, and a cover hinged to one of said gages for covering the knife.

2. In a slicer of the class described, including a feed plate for rolls, means for rotating said feed plate, a pair of adjustable gages for guiding the rolls through the machine, a movable arm on one of said gages, a corrugated weighted roller, a pin on said arm carrying said roller, a spring controlling the movements of said roller, said roller pressing with its corrugated face against a roll and holding the same into engagement with said feed plate for feeding the rolls through the slicer during the operation of said feed plate.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 27th day of June A. D. 1928.

W. ElVALD MOLL.

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